Soldier of Fortune
(Blackmore/Coverdale)
From "Stormbringer", 1974
Intro...
G.....D....C.....G

Verse....
G F G

I have often told you stories about the way I lived the life of a drifter,

D G
F
waiting for the day, when I''d take your hand and sing you songs,___then maybe
you

would say,


G D
D,C,Bb
"Come lay with me and love me" and I would surely stay.



Chorus....
C G G,F,Eb
But now I feel I''m growing older,___

F Bb D G
F Bb
and all the songs that I have sung echo in the distance like the sound of a
windmill

Eb Eb,D,C D G
going round._____ I guess I''ll always be a solder of fortune.____

Solo......
Gm......Dm.....Cm.......Gm.....(2x)
(You then repeat the verse and end up at the the chorus which leads to the
ending)

Ending.....
F Bb Eb
I can hear the sound of a winmill going round''._____

C D G
I guess I''ll always be a solder of fortune,___


(rit.)
Eb D G
I guess I''ll always be a Solder Of Fortune._______

Notes: This my favorite ballad of all time....by my favorite band of all
time!!!
the G chord has an A# instead of a B, so don''t forget that.....